Extraverted schoolchildren serve more cereal to themselves - while youthful introverts take less - according to a study from the Cornell laboratory of Brian C. Wansink.
More than 50 medievalists gathered at the A.D. White House Dec. 8 for the annual festival of readings and song, sponsored by the Medieval Studies program. (Dec. 14, 2010)
Although the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's search for the ivory-billed woodpecker began in February 2004, an announcement wasn't planned until May 18, 2005. The long lead time was crucial to permit the lab's partner, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), time to protect the Arkansas discovery area through land acquisitions and to allow the search team to gather convincing evidence of the bird's existence. But on April 26 the news began leaking on the Internet.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority received the first Cornell Partners in Sustainability Award April 21 for its leadership and financial support of innovative projects. (April 22, 2010)
Cornell AAP announces twelve incoming faculty in the departments of architecture, art, and planning, including one who will take on the role of department chair in art.
Cornell’s "radical collaboration" initiatives, launched last fall, are generating momentum and success stories, including a proposal from the task force for the humanities and arts.
With a little practice, almost anyone can learn to imitate a signature. But only the most highly skilled forger can rip it off just the right way, with the same variations in speed, the same order of crossing the t's and dotting the i's.
Native American dancers clad in leather and feathers danced to the beat of one drum as they showcased years of Native American history at the 10th annual Iroquois Smoke Dance held April 10. (April 12, 2010)
Kenneth Evett, painter and professor emeritus of art at Cornell University, died May 28 in Ithaca. He was 91. A prolific painter, he exhibited in national group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.